LexisNexis Environmental Law & Climate Change: Environmental Law Movers & Shakers

Arkansas Small Business Gets $224,000 From EPA To Develop 'Green' Lighting

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:06:07 GMT

DALLAS — An Arkansas nanotechnology company has been awarded $224,997 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a green alternative to fluorescent lighting.

Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication Laboratories LLC (NN-Labs) of Fayetteville is one of seven small businesses to receive a total of $1.6 million in funding to commercialize green technologies.

NN-Labs was awarded a Phase II SBIR cont

Nuclear Energy Institute Re-Elects Rowe Chairman, Gates Vice Chairman

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:33:11 GMT

CHICAGO — The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has re-elected John W. Rowe, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Exelon Corp., as chairman of its board of directors. NEI also has re-elected W. Gary Gates, president and CEO of the Omaha Public Power District, as vice chairman of the board.

NEI elected two new members and re-elected three members to its board of directors. Three new members were elected to the board’s executive committee, and three me

Evergreen Energy Appoints William Walker Chairman Of Board

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:29:31 GMT

DENVER — As part of an initiative to strengthen the company’s board of directors’ leadership and enhance corporate governance, the board of directors of Evergreen Energy Inc., a cleaner coal technology, energy production and environmental solutions company, has added energy and capital markets veteran William H. Walker Jr. to its board of directors as its new non-executive chairman.

Walker, 62, is former president of Howard Weil Inc., a respected energy and capital f

Planet Resource Recovery Inc. Appoints Energy Industry CFO To Advisory Board

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:22:54 GMT

HOUSTON — Planet Resource Recovery Inc. has announced the appointment of Lawrence Clayton Jr. to its advisory board. Clayton is a private consultant with significant financial and operational energy expertise, having served at high growth energy companies as chief financial officer and senior vice president over the past 20 years.

Clayton will sit on the Planet Resource Recovery Inc. Advisory Board, advising senior management in financial analysis, deal-structuring,

Global Recycle Energy Enters Cotton Recycling Market

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:18:29 GMT

LUBBOCK, Texas — Global Recycle Energy Inc., formerly Charter Equities, a Texas-based recycling company, has announced that it has redirected its business to focus on the cotton recycling market.

Located in Lubbock, the company’s primary focus is now the accumulation of cotton waste products from cotton growers that it further refines and separates to recapture unusable fibers and then distributes those fibers for sale and use in China. Those fibers are used in combi

Michael B. Gerrard to Deliver Keynote Opening Address at U.S.-Canadian Conference

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:18:17 GMT

Michael B. Gerrard of Arnold & Porter LLP, a prominent environmental law attorney and Lexis author, will deliver the keynote opening address at the 2008 National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Summit on Climate Change and Air Quality — Cross Border Issues. The program, which is presented by the Canadian Bar Association’s National Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Section (NEERLS) and Con

Saul Ewing Welcomes Environmental Attorney To Baltimore Office

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:01:27 GMT

BALTIMORE — Saul Ewing LLP has announced that Randall M. Lutz has joined its Baltimore office as a partner in the Environmental Department and a member of the Energy and Utility Practice Group.

Before entering private practice in 1987, Lutz served in various public positions, including working as the director of the Office of Criminal Enforcement for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, principal counsel and assistant attorney general of the State of Maryland’s Depart

Phillies Lead Clean Energy Movement In Pro Sports Venues

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:31:35 GMT

PHILADELPHIA — Officials from Major League Baseball, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Green-e Energy and WindStreet Energy, as well as Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, joined the Philadelphia Phillies April 30 in announcing a major initiative at Citizens Bank Park to aid in the efforts for a cleaner environment.

To offset the carbon footprint created by the team's utility power usag

Harrah's Atlantic City Properties Earn EPA Award

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:46:54 GMT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has become the first gaming corporation in the United States to receive an Environmental Quality Award, the highest recognition given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region Two.

Region Two presents the award annually to organizations that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to protecting and enhancing environmental quality in its sector, which includes New York, New Jersey, Puert

Environmental Group, Private Equity Firm Announce 'Green Portfolio' Partnership

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:22:46 GMT

NEW YORK — The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) today announced a "Green Portfolio" partnership to measure and improve the environmental performance of companies within KKR's U.S. portfolio. The partnership is the first of its kind between a private equity firm and an environmental organization.

KKR has committed to work with EDF to develop a set of analytic tools by which companies can assess and track improvement

Marten Law Group Releases June, July Speaking Schedule

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:12:13 GMT

SEATTLE — Marten Law Group attorneys have several speaking engagements lined up at environmental conferences in June and July.

Partner Jeff Kray will speak on “The Evolving Law of Corps Jurisdiction: Post-Rapanos Guidance on Jurisdiction Over Ephemeral and Intermittent Waters” at the second day of Law Seminars International’s (LSI) On May 7, 2008, Martindale-Hubbell will hold a Counsel to Counsel Best Practice Forum entitled Facing Regulators at Home and Abroad. Hosted by www.moore.org) has announced the appointment of Daniel C. Nepstad, Ph.D., as the new chief program officer for its environmental conservation programs. The foundation's environmental conservation programs focus on multi-year strategic initiatives.

Nepstad, a tropical forest ecologist, comes to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation from Woods Hole Research Cen

WK Dickson Appoints New Director Of Water, Wastewater Services

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:23:57 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — WK Dickson has announced the addition of Bryan R. Odom, PE, as the firm’s new Director of Water & Wastewater Services.

Odom assumes responsibility for the operation of the firm’s water and wastewater design and engineering teams and will play a large part in directing much of the growth of WK Dickson’s overall Water Resources Group.

Odom brings nearly 15 years of experience as a project manager and principal-in-charge in the design

Martindale-Hubbell To Hold Counsel To Counsel Best Practice Forum In San Francisco on E-Discovery and Managing Electronically Stored Information May 7

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:18:12 GMT

On May 7, 2008, Martindale-Hubbell will hold a Counsel to Counsel Best Practice Forum entitled Increasing Predictability, Mitigating Risks: Next Generation Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Management and E-Discovery Approaches. The session will be held at the Pal

Chamber Institute Ranks Best, Worst State Lawsuit Climates

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:01:28 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senior attorneys at America's largest employers say state court liability systems have steadily improved over the last several years, but less than half of them rate the state courts as "excellent" or "pretty good," according to Lawsuit Climate 2008: Ranking the States, an annual assessment of state liability systems by the market research firm Harris Interactive and released by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR).

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Buchanan Attorneys Complete Complex Brownfield Redevelopment Deal

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:13:51 GMT

PRINCETON, N.J. — Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC shareholders James O'Toole Jr. and Frederick Masters recently completed successful negotiations on behalf of client Waste Management of New Jersey Inc. for the redevelopment of 49 acres of the former PJP Landfill site in Jersey City, N.J.

From start to finish, the deal was completed in approximately 18 months, and it involved complex negotiations and agreements with multiple parties, including the developer AMB Property LP and

ITS America Welcomes New General Counsel, Director Of Environmental Affairs

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:08:19 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) has announced the hiring of Leslie Bellas as general counsel and director of Environmental Affairs. In addition to general corporate matters, Bellas is responsible for developing and implementing an environmental program that identifies, quantifies and captures the environmental benefits of ITS.

Before joining ITS America, Bellas worked as an attorney in the Division of Investigations at the

Leslie TeWinkel Joins Natural Resource Group As Senior Natural Resource Specialist

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:03:58 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS — Natural Resource Group (NRG), an environmental and public affairs consulting firm serving the energy industry, has announced that Leslie TeWinkel has joined its threatened and endangered species (T&E) group, bringing Federal Endangered Species Act expertise to energy projects throughout the United States.

Her background with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives TeWinkel a strong foundation in project management, program administration and applied conservati

Wind Energy America Inc. Hires New Chief Financial Officer

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:59:48 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS — Wind Energy America Inc. has announced that it has hired Alan Cross as its Chief Financial Officer.

Cross began his career at Arthur Andersen and Co., where he developed expertise in the creation and syndication of investment vehicles to raise capital for the exploration and development of natural resources. After becoming a partner with the firm, he left public accounting to serve as the CFO for a number of private companies. He is a CPA and earned his

First Energy Summitt For State Attorneys General Set For May

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:05:30 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, president of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), will host the nation's first NAAG Presidential Initiative on Energy summit for state attorneys general in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, May 5 to 7.

The meeting, at the Coeur d’Alene Resort at 115 S. 2nd St., is intended to educate the state attorneys general on energy topics so they can provide proper legal advice to governors, legislators and other policy

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur Goes Green

LexisNexis Environmental Law Center Staff — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:09:46 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio